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Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (born October 1, 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a Ghanaian-British actress, filmmaker, singer, and composer. She is best known for creating and starring in the E4 sitcom Chewing Gum (2015–2017), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance; and the BBC One/HBO comedy-drama series I May Destroy You (2020) for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress in 2021. For her work on I May Destroy You, Coel was the first black woman to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Coel is also known for her work in other Netflix productions, including guest-starring in the series Black Mirror (2016–2017), starring as Kate Ashby in the series Black Earth Rising (2018) and as Simone in the film Been So Long (2018).
Filmography
all 20
TV Shows 12
Movies 8
self 4
I May Destroy You (2020)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019)
Been So Long (2018)
Black Earth Rising (2018)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
The Aliens (2016)
London Spy (2015)
Chewing Gum (2015)
National Theatre Live: Home (2013)
Black Mirror (2011)
Top Boy (2011)
Mother Mary
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1988-10-01 (36 years old)
Birth NameMichaela-Moses Ewuraba O Boakye-Collinson
Birth PlaceTower Hamlets, London, England, UK
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesEast London, United Kingdom
Also Known AsMichaela Ewuraba Collinson, Michaela Boakye-Collinson, Michaela-Moses Boakye-Collinson, Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson, Михаэла Коэл
AwardsOkayAfrica 100 Women, British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance
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